Easy weeknight dinner, also wonderful served family style on large platters for a party.
Prep Time:20 minutes
Cook Time:10 minutes
Total Time:30 minutes
Yield:4-6 1x
Category:Main
Cuisine:Italian
Ingredients
Scale
Chicken
4 to 6 boneless, skinless organic chicken breasts
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 extra-large eggs
1 tablespoon water
1 1/4 cups seasoned dry Panko bread crumbs
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan, plus extra for serving
Unsalted butter
Good olive oil
Baby Arugula for 6, washed and spun dry
a hand full of cherry tomatoes halved
Garlic Lemon Vinaigrette
Zest of 2 lemons in fine strips or coarsely grated
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (2 lemons)
3 garlic cloves
1/2 cup good olive oil
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
Chicken
Butterfly or pound the chicken breasts until they are 1/4-inch thick. You can use a meat mallet.
Combine the flour, salt, and pepper on a dinner plate.
On a second plate, beat the eggs with one tablespoon of water.
On a third plate, combine the breadcrumbs and 1/2 cup grated Parmesan. Coat the chicken breasts on both sides with the flour mixture, then dip both sides into the egg mixture and dredge both sides in the bread-crumb mixture, pressing lightly.
Heat 1 tablespoon of butter and one tablespoon of olive oil in a large saute pan and cook 2 or 3 chicken breasts on medium-low heat for 2 to 3 minutes on each side until cooked through. Add more butter and oil and cook the rest of the chicken breasts. Toss the salad greens and tomatoes with garlic lemon vinaigrette. Place a mound of salad on each hot chicken breast. Serve with extra grated Parmesan and lemon zest.
Garlic Lemon Vinaigrette
Using a mortar and pestle pound the garlic cloves and salt into a paste, transfer to a lidded jar along with the lemon juice, olive oil, and pepper and shake well.